Arsenal will be without Emile Smith Rowe for tonight's visit of Wolves. Smith Rowe is Arsenal's top scorer in the Premier League this season with nine goals to his name. But Mikel Arteta will have to use other options as Bruno Lage's side come to town.
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Smith Rowe has 10 goals to his name in all competitions in what is by far his best season in front of goal so far in his career.
Arteta says plenty of hard work has gone in on the training ground for the 20-year-old to reach that tally.
"The numbers should be looking something like this and that's not a coincidence," Arteta said.
"He's practising every day, he is working, he has willingness to do it because he knows he has the qualities and the capacity to do it. That's what we have to demand from players whether they are 19 or 20 or 35.
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"I think it's [down to] a combination of everything. It's in his nature, he needs to feel that confidence and that trust around the coaching staff that we are the right people to guide him and to take him to the next level.
"He needs his team-mates, which are big contributors to what he can do on the pitch.
"He needs to feel love, he needs to have the right environment around him, his family, girlfriend or whatever next to him, and when that happens, he has got a good chance."
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